ACTing With TechnologyResearch Symposium

July 11 2013

NSW Police ResilienceTraining Trial

• Training Program o 4 x 2 hour Workshops at the Police

Academy (Adapted from Frank Bond’s Protocol)

o Skills practice in between sessions• Objectives

o For students to develop psychological flexibility

o To prevent psychological injuries in the workplace

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The Challenge: Training Transfer

A recruit 6 months onto the job:

“I wasn’t stressed when you ran the program so I didn’t do the homework exercises that you set.

Now I can’t remember much of the program.

And now I am on the job and I am experiencing the pressures of the job I wish I had paid more attention.

It would have been better if I was doing resilience training now.”

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The Needo Universal Prevention programs need to

be relevant for participants at different stages of change

o It must be easy for participants to apply the skills when they are ready• Preparation > Action• Maybe a smartphone App could help?

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Who is doing research in this area?

Sara BoucherJoseph Ciarrochi

Chris HoranStefano Picozzi

Maria Karekla

Kien Hoa Ly Eric Morris

Jonathan Bricker Jacqueline

Pistorello Roger Vilardaga

Robyn Walser

Research Contact List will be available on the ACBS Conference Website (Thanks Sara Boucher)

Student Pilot1. Pre-training questionnaire (August)2. 2 hour stress and resilience training workshop

o Highlights of the police project3. Private resilience building exercises (Over 1 Month period)

o Workbook ORo Smartphone App Application

• Reminders to practise psychological flexibility exercises• Psychological Flexibility Resources – Audio, Forms

4. Post-training questionnaire (September)

Research Questions:• Do students that get the App practise the exercises more than

those that get paper instructions?• Do practise levels have beneficial effects on outcome measures.

Symposium Objective• To showcase research currently being

conducted applying APP using mobile and web technologies

Symposium Presentations• Presentation 1 (20 min + 5 min questions)

o How mobile text-messages and the Internet can be of service in delivering an ACT-intervention for achieving smoking cessation.

o Vasilis Vasiliou, University of Cypruso Stella Nicoleta Savvides, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cypruso Maria Karekla, Ph.D., University of Cyprus

• Presentation 2 (20 min + 5 min questions)o Mobile technology fostering ACT-practice in daily lifeo Tim Batink, Ph.D. Candidate, Maastricht Universityo Dina Collip, Ph.D., Maastricht Universityo Marieke Wichers, Ph.D., Maastricht University

• Presentation 3 (20 min + 5 min questions)o Developing an ACT smartphone intervention with potential high impacto Jonathan Bricker, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center & University of

Washingtono Julie A. Kientz, Ph.D., University of Washingtono Katrina Akioka, B.S., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

• Discussant (10 min)o Joseph Ciarrochi, Ph.D., University of Western Sydney

ACTing with Technology - PANEL

• Friday, 430pm, o Mathews Theatre C

• PANEL MEMBERSo Joseph Ciarrochi (Sydney)

• Ph.D., University of Western Sydneyo Robyn Walser (San Francisco)

• Ph.D., National Center for PTSD & TL Consultation Serviceso Tim Batink

• Ph.D. student, Maastricht University o Neli Martin (Brisbane)

• Private Practiceo Stefano Picozzi (Sydney)

• Ph.D. student, Australian National Universityo Jacqueline Pistorello (Reno)

• Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno Counseling Serviceso Louise Hayes (Melbourne)

• Ph.D., Orygen Youth Health & Private Practice• Send questions to chrisjhoran@gmail.com